Voorhees High School - Athletics

Athletics

Voorhees High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which is composed of public and parochial high schools in Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west central New Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 759 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as Central Jersey Group II, a category that included schools with enrollment of 516 to 776.

Voorhees High School's football team competes in the annual Milk Can Game against rival North Hunterdon High School. After the conclusion of the game, a golden milk can is awarded to the winner. This school receives bragging rights and ownership of the can until the next year's game. The 36th annual Milk Can Game was played on November 18, 2011, with Voorhees winning 13-7 at Voorhees. The 1995 Voorhees football team won the Central Jersey Group II state championship.

Voorhees approved a plan in 2010 for an $850,000 artificial turf field to be completed by 2011. It will mainly be used for football. Voorhees' football team was unable to use its grass field between 2008 and 2009 when glass shards and other debris was found in the turf.

The field hockey team won the 2002 North II, Group II sectional championship, edging Madison High School 3-2 in the final game. The 2006 team won the North II, Group III tournament with a 1-0 win over Ocean Township High School.

The girls basketball team won the 2000 Central, Group II title over Delaware Valley Regional High School, 62-42.

The boys fencing team won the 2005 state championship, defeating Ramapo High School 14-13 in the tournament final.

The baseball team won the 1998 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship, defeating Raritan High School by a score of 1-0 in the first round and Manasquan High School by 4-1 in the semifinals, before defeating Carteret High School 8-2 in the tournament final. They lost 1-0 to a nationally ranked Audubon High School team in extra innings on a controversial call at the plate to end their playoff run in the Group II championship.